Brush-broom.



Nb. 692,592. Patented Feb. 4, 1902.

' A. BALDWIN. Y.

BRUSH BRM.

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ohms Firms CO4, FHOmLITnA, wAsmncTow D c UNITED lSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO BALDWIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ROYAL BRUSH AND BROOMCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. i

BRUSH-BROOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,592, dated February4, 1902. l Application tiled .Tuly 8, 1901. Serial No. 67,425. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it magno/warn.-

Beit known that I, ALONZO BALDWIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Brush-Brooms, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to construct a brush and so attach it toa handle as to have the brush capableof use in the manner that a broomis ordinarily used and with the ,tang or neck for attachment to thehandle and two arms to enter andv be firmly secured in the ends of thebrush-head without `other fastening than t-he engagement of the sides ofthe spring-arms at their ends with the ends of the brush-head, all ashereinafter more specifically described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation showing the brush-broomcomplete; Fig. 2, an end elevation showing the brush-head, the attachingor connecting spring-support, and a portion of the handle; Fig. 3, aside elevation with the lower end of the handle and the brush-head insection and with the bristles of the brush removed; Fig. 4, an endelevation of the brush-head; Fig. 5, a detailin section of the end ofthe brush-head an`d showing the engaging and locking groove or recess;Fig. 6, a detail of the lower end of the handle, showing the slot forreceiving the tang or neck of the springsupport; and Fig. 7, an end viewof the handle with the tang or neck of the spring-support in section.

The brush-broom is constructed with a head A of the requisite dimensionsand of a length, width, and thickness for the size desired, and thishead can be made of wood or other suitable materialV and is provided onits under side with holes or other means for securing therein thebristles or fibers or tufts of suitable material to form a brush A', asshown in Fig.1.

The spring support or connection furnishing a flexible and yieldingattachment for the brush as a whole with the handle is formed of asingle piece of flexing material, prefer-- ably wire, bent on itself tohave side springs or arms B and a tang or neck B', as shown in Fig 3.Each spring or side arm B at its attaching end to the brush-head isturned or bentso as to have an entering end b and an engaging side b',with the entering end inwardly projecting from each spring or side armand with the engagingr side standing at right angles to the enteringend, as shown in Fig. 3. The brush head A at each end has therein,preferably, a hole a to receive the entering end b kof the spring orside arm, and has also a slot a. opening from the longitudinal holeinthe end to the top or upper face of the brush-head, into which slotthe engaging side of the spring or side arm enters and is tightly held.The longitudinal holes and the end slots, one at each end of thebrush-head, in connection with the entering ends and the engaging sidesof the spring or side arms of the support, furnish a ready and quickmeans for rmly and rigidly attaching the brushhead to the support, aswhen the parts are engaged and interlocked, as shown in Fig. 3, the headwill be rigidly attached to or connected with the support and will notrequire any other means than the interlocking parts of the head' and thesupport in order to secure the head rigidly and firmly to the support,fthus making the attachment au easy one and at the same time furnishinga strong and solid connection between the brush-head and the support. v

' The handle C can be made of wood or other suitable material and of anylength andshape desired. The lower end of this handle has a longitudinalslot c therein into which is entered the tang or neck B of thespring-support, which tang or neck fits snugly in the slot in onedirection and is held against spreading and in a firm manner in theother direction within a band or ferrule d on the end of the handle by aWedge e, driven between the sides of the tang or neck and into theslot,pressing the sides of the tang or neck closely against the wall of theband or ferrule, and

in addition the attachment is rendered secure by a nail or pinf, driventhrough the ferrule, the end of the handle, and the Wedge, as shown inFig. 3,which prevents the Wedge from working out and the band or ferrulefrom becoming loose in use, so as to destroy the firmness of theattachment of the springsupport to the handle.

It Will be seen that the construction of the brush-broom of my inventionis exceedingly simple, but at the same time furnishes a brushbrooinwhich has the flexibility and yielding qualities ofan ordinary broom,and such flexibility is obtained by means of the spring-support formedfrom a single piece of metal bent into shape and attached to the head,so as to give an attachment for the brush with the handle and so as togive the brush the sweeping action of an ordinary broom in use. Thespring-support, made of a single piece of wire or metal bent so as tohave a spring or side arm 011 each side, with an entering end and anengaging side or shoulder to interlock with a receiving hole and slot inthe end of the brush-head, furnishes a ready means for attachment of thebrush-head, so as to be held in a firm and rigid manner and so as to notinterfere with the sweeping action in use and which will not break ortear out readily in use. The forming of the tang or neck With the samepiece of wire or metal that makes the spring or side arms adds rigidityat the point of attachment of the spring-support to the handle, and thisrigidity is increased by means of the retaining band or ferrule, thedriven Wedge, and the fastening nail or pin, which devices furnish aready and strong attaching means for the spring-support to the handle.

The brush-broom as a Whole is constructed so as to be strong and durablefor use and at the same time not expensive in manufacture and has theadvantages of a brush combined with the utility of a broom.

That I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a head having in each end a slot running from nearthe center to the top of the head, anda holder' formed of a single pieceof flexing material bent on itself to have a spring-arm on each side anda tang or neck uniting the arms at one end and furnishing a means forattaching the holder to a handle, each spring-arm having its free endbent or turned to have an inwardly-extending end and a side or shoulder,for the end to enter thc end of the head and the side or shoulder toenter and engage the slot in the head end and furnish a rigid interlockuniting the head and the holder, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a head having in each end a longitudinal hole anda slot opening from the base of the hole to the top of the head, aholder formed of a single piece of flexing material bent on itself tohave a spring-arm on each side and a tang or neck uniting the arms atone end, each springarm having its free end bent or turned to have aninwardly-extending end and a side or shoulder, for the end to enter thehole in the head end and the side or shoulder to enter and engage theslot in the head end and furnish a rigid interlock uniting the head andthe holder, and a handle having a longitudinal slot extending back fromits end into which the tang or neck of the holder is inserted forattaching the support to the handle, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a head having in each end a longitudinal hole anda slot opening from the base of the hole to the top of the head, aholder formed of a single piece of iiexing material bent on itself tohave a spring-arm on each side and a tang or neck uniting the arms atone end, each spring-arm having its free end bent or turned to have aninwardly-extending end and a side or shoulder, for the end to enter thehole in the head `end and the side or shoulder to enter and engage theslot in the head end and furnish an interlock uniting the head and theholder, a

handle having in its end a slot to receive the tang or neck of theholder, a ferrule encircling the end of the handle, and a Wedge driveninto the slot between the bars of the tang or neck forcing the sides ofthe tang or neck against the Wall of the ferrule, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination of a head having in each end a longitudinal hole anda slot opening from the base of the hole to the top of the head, aholder formed of a ieXing material having a spring-arm on each side, thearms lying Within the slots in the head and having their ends bent orturned forming inward extensions to enter the holes in the head andfurnish a rigid interlock uniting the head and the holder, and a handleto receive and rigidly secure the holder, substantially as described.

ALONZO BALDXVIN.

lVitnesses:

THOMAS A. BANNING, THOMAS B. MCGREGOR.

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